Canadian 2017 Coin Design Contest Ending April 30

The Royal Canadian Mint’s ‘My Canada, My Inspiration’ contest solicits designs for five coin designs

Less than a week remains in the Royal Canadian Mint’s contest to design the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, loonie and toonie coins that will circulate in 2017.

On March 11, the My Canada, My Inspiration contest kicked off when the Mint asked Canadians to design these five coins as a way to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary.

Deadline and Judging

Thursday, April 30, 2015 is right around the corner. That’s the submission deadline. In the next stage, happening this spring, the Royal Canadian Mint and a panel of notable Canadians will select the finalists in each themed category. Judges will include: